China News Agency, Fuzhou, November 26 (Reporter Yan Xu) China's Fujian Province and Japan's Okinawa Prefecture jointly held a celebration for the 25th anniversary of their relationship on the 25th.
Zhao Long, Governor of Fujian Province, and Danny Tamaki, Governor of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan attended the event and delivered speeches via video link.
Chinese Ambassador to Japan Kong Xuanyou sent a congratulatory letter, Chinese Consul General in Fukuoka Lu Guijun, and Japanese Consul General in Guangzhou Kamei Keiji delivered video speeches.
Zhao Long said that Fujian and Okinawa are geographically close, culturally connected, and the people are close friends. Over the past 25 years, the exchanges between the two sides have become increasingly close, economic and trade cooperation has continued to deepen, and people-to-people and cultural exchanges have deepened and substantiated, yielding fruitful results.
It is hoped that the two provinces and counties will uphold the original intention of forming a good relationship, continue the traditional friendship, give full play to their comparative advantages, strengthen cooperation in digital economy, marine economy, green economy, cultural tourism economy and other fields, continue to deepen non-governmental exchanges and youth exchanges, and contribute to the promotion of Sino-Japanese friendly cooperation local power.
Danny Yucheng said that Okinawa and Fujian have achieved good results in the fields of economic and trade exchanges, cultural exchanges, and cultural and tourism cooperation in the past 25 years.
In particular, the youth drum exchange between the two sides has become a brand of exchanges between the two places and has been widely acclaimed.
It is hoped that the two sides will continue to work together to broaden the scope of exchanges, deepen friendly relations, and make greater contributions to the development of the two counties and provinces.
Kong Xuanyou said in the congratulatory letter that he hoped that people from all walks of life in Fujian and Okinawa would seize the opportunity, further strengthen exchanges and cooperation, deepen mutual friendship, promote common development, and make new contributions to building a Sino-Japanese relationship that meets the requirements of the new era.
At the event, the Foreign Affairs Office of Fujian Province and the Okinawa County Department of Culture, Tourism and Sports signed an agreement on exchange of public-funded overseas students, and sealed two altars of fumao wine and awamori wine to commemorate the 25-year friendship between the two parties and wish the next 25 years will be even better.
The guests watched the commemorative video of the 25th anniversary of the friendship between the two provinces and counties, as well as Taiko, Okinawa dance and other performances.
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